Bottle-closure device.



Patented June 2, 1914.

a gy A. RAUCH. BOTTLE CLOSURE DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED saw. 23, 1913.

W Mum ARON RAUCH, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented June 2, 1914.

Application filed September 23, 1913. Serial No. 791,279.

To aZl whom it may concern lie it known that I, Anox Raced, a citi zen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Closure Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to closure devices for bottles and other vessels used as containers for hair tonics, perfumes, and other liquid substances used by harbors, hair dressers, and others; and the object thereof is to provide an improved closure device for bottles or vessels of this class whereby small quantities of the contents of the bottle may be discharged whenever desired, and whereby the bottle or vessel when emptied, cannot be refilled or reused without destroying the closure device.

This invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are des .ignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a view partly in section showing a bottle provided with my improved closure device, and showing said bottleas in the operation of discharging a portion of the contents thereof, a part of the closure device being removed, and Fig. 2 a view showing the bottle in an, upright position and showing the closure device complete.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in the drawing, I provide a bottom (L having a neck a provided, in the form of C(H'lStlHfilion shown with an. annular head or enlargementu, and in the practice of my invention, I providi a closure cap Z) comprising an in verted thii'nble-shaped portion b having an annular base 72 adapted to be clamped around and secured to the annular head or enlargement a of the neck of the bottle, and the part a is composed of soft flexible metal or other suitable material, and placed with in the base of the cap 7) is a packing disk or gasket c.

The closed end of the thimble-shaped part b of the cap 6 is provided with a central aperture 7), and said end is also preferably reduced in size and threaded and provided with a correspondingly threaded and removable cap (Z having a centre] pin 6Z2 adapted to be passed down through the aperture 6. The lower end of the 'thimble-shaped part o of the cap I) is also provided, in the form of construction shown, with an interior thread Z), and screwed thereinto is a tubular plug e on the top of which is placed a valve 7 having a stem P which passes dtnvnwardly through said tubular plug and is preferably provided at its lower end with a weight f" which )referably detachable, or the valve 7' may be detachable from the stem 7, if desired.

In practice, the bottle is first filled with the desired contents after which the plug 6, with the valve f, its stem f and weight f is screwed into the thin'ible-shaped portion IF and the cap (Z is screwed into position on said thimble-shaped portion in which opera tion the pin d passes around through the aperture 6 and rests on the valve 7", or approximately so, after which the closure cap is secured on the neck of the bottle in the manner of other devices of this class.

Whenever it is desired to discharge a part of the contents of the bottle, the cap at is removed and the bottle is inverted or tilted, as shown in Fig. 1, and agitated in a vertical direction, and the longitudinal movement of the valve stem through the plug 6, and the corresponding movement of the weight 7' will permit small quantities of the contents of the bottle to flow out.

through the cap or closure device, and this operation may be continued, or repeated until the bottle entirely emptied, or partially so.

In the use of bottles of this class, as her tofore constructed, after the bottle has been emptied, or partially so, it has been customary with unprinciI Jled dealers or operators, to refill the bottle with a counterfeit liquid by inserting the end of the nozzle of an oiling can or similar receptacle, tilled with the counterfeit liquid, into the aperture 5*, and by manipulating the bottom of said can by pressure alternately applied and removed therefrom, forcing the liquid from said receptacle, into the bottle, but with my improvement, the chief feature of which is the *alve f movable longitudinally of the closure device and adapted to close the passage through the plug 6, no liquids can in this manner, he forced into the bottle, and said bottle cannot be refilled or reused.

The length of the valve stem f is such that when the bottle is inverted, as shown in Fig. 1, the valve f will not rest on the end of the thimble-shaped part b of the cap 6, but my invention is not limited to the use of the weight 7, nor to the use of the pin (Z on the detachable cap (5, but I preferably employ these elements of construction for the reason that they facilitate the operation of the device as described.

In the form of construction shown, the valve f is conical in form and provided with an annular enlargement, and the valve seat in the plug e is also conical in form, but my invention is also not limited to this form of construction and any suitable valve device may be Qmployed. It will also be under? stood that the tubular plug f is not an essential feature, and the bottom of the thimbleshaped portion 6 of the cap 6 may be provided in any way with a reduced tubular passage.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A closure device for bottles or vessels of the class described provided with a neck at the top of which is an annular bead, said closure device comprising an inverted thimble-shaped portion having an enlarged base of flexible material adapted to be secured on said neck and around said bead, and a packing placed between the top of the neck and the thimble-shaped portion of the closure device, the upper end of the thimble-shaped portion being also provided with a central aperture, and the bot-tom part thereof being provided with a reduced longitudinal passage, a valve mounted in the top of the thime ble-shaped portion and adapted to close said passage and provided with a stem which passes, downwardly and loosely therethrough and is movable longitudinally therethrough, and. a removable cap mounted on the top of said thimble-shaped portion and provided with a pin which passes downwardly through the aperture therein and is adapted to hold said valve seated.

2. A closure device for bottles or vessels of the class described provided with a neck at the top of which is an annular bead, said closure device comprising an inverted thimble-shaped portion having an enlarged base of flexible material adapted to be secured on said neck and around said bead and a packing placed between the top of the neck and the thimbleshaped portion of the closure device, the upper end of the thinible-shaped portion being also provided with a central aperture, and the bottom part thereof being provided with a reduced longitudinal pas sage, a valve mounted in the top of the thimb le-shaped portion and adapted to close said passage and provided with a stem which passes downwardly and loosely therethrough and is movable longitudinally therethrough, and a removable cap mounted on the top of said thimble-shaped portion and provided with a pin which passes downwardly through the aperture therein and is adapted to hold said valve seated, said valve rod ing also provided at its lower end with a weight.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 22nd day of September, 1913.

ARON RAUUHQ Witnesses C. MULREANY, S. ANDRnws.

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